AI continues to take the workplace by storm and has rapidly become a new staple of everyday working life: 35% of companies globally have integrated AI into their operations and 77% of companies are either using or exploring the use of AI. In a survey this year, the ONS found that 55% of employees now use AI for work or educational purposes.    Some major employers, however, are integrating AI beyond routine drafting work, incorporating AI models into HR functions such as recr

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Constantine Law are delighted to announce that we have achieved success across our practice areas in this year's Legal 500 rankings. Employment: We have retained our Tier 3 ranking for employment advice to Senior Executives and our Tier 6 ranking in the Employer category. We are recognised for our "expertise in restrictive covenant and injunctive relief work". Heading the team is Managing Partner, John Hayes, noted for his High Court injunctive relief cases. Noted for their

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The FCA's new rules on non-financial misconduct, which came into force on 1 September 2026 expand those workplace allegations that can now become a career-ending regulatory problem. Allegations of bullying, harassment or violence can engage the FCA's Conduct Rules and fitness and propriety regime and the consequences of getting that assessment wrong can be profound. For non-bank SM&CR firms, the Conduct Rules now expressly extend to serious bullying, harassment and violence

One in eight 16 to 24-year-olds are now out of employment, education or training, according to statistics released by the ONS. That's just short of 1m young people classified as NEET. Jobs outlook While these figures, which account for the period from April to June 2026, are slightly lower than the figures from January to March (when 1,011,000 young people were NEET), they are 3% higher than the same period from last year. These statistics are framed against a highly competit

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The following is an extract from the second instalment of Managing Partner John Hayes’s monthly Substack series "How to Run a Law Firm”.